How to Breathe Life This Spring into your Tired Garden Soil. (Courtesy of Old World Garden Farms)

http://clevercomposting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/12-gardening-331986_1280.jpg - Making compost for improving the quality of garden soil is really what composters who garden are all about. If you do not garden, but are still a compost-person, likely you are motivated by wider thoughts of re-cycling, and composting efforts may be part of a broader spectrum of activity. InRead more...

They Say It's Summer!

http://clevercomposting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/3-IMG_7783.jpg - According to the calendar, we are now in the middle of summer. (We had the obligatory family discussion about the 21st June �" is it Midsummer or the first day of summer? I go for Midsummer every time.) That being the case, I have to say that summer, up until now, has been a washout on allRead more...

Compost - Can be a Danger to Your Health!

- On the 30th May, the Daily Telegraph reported that the contents of a back-yard compost bin had burst into flames which quickly spread to the back of the house, doing considerable damage.  Grass cuttings had caused the compost to over-heat and self-combust  in the hot weather.  Eight fireRead more...

Compost - Can be a Danger to Your Health!

- On the 30th May, the Daily Telegraph reported that the contents of a back-yard compost bin had burst into flames which quickly spread to the back of the house, doing considerable damage.  Grass cuttings had caused the compost to over-heat and self-combust  in the hot weather.  Eight fireRead more...

Raised Garden Beds

http://clevercomposting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/re-sized-for-cc-1-300x300.jpg -  My raised garden beds,  my 2015 project,  are, once again, at the top of my mind.

This morning I went out into the garden and felt Spring was actually here. Warm, still and sunny - bliss without a blanket!  What a relief it is to be outside again and actually be revelling in it. The nextRead more...

Compost - Can be a Danger to Your Health!

- On the 30th May, the Daily Telegraph reported that the contents of a back-yard compost bin had burst into flames which quickly spread to the back of the house, doing considerable damage.  Grass cuttings had caused the compost to over-heat and self-combust  in the hot weather.  Eight fire

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